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Yarra Climate Action Now

Yarra Climate Action Now

Yarra Climate Action Now is an independent community group based in inner-city Melbourne made up of individuals who are concerned about the climate crisis.

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Green vote surge in Federal Election

Posted on 22 August 2010 (Permalink)
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While we still don’t know who will be our Prime Minister, one thing is clear – the Greens have been the big winners in this election. Adam Bandt, Sarah Hanson-Young, Bob Brown and Richard Di Natale. Photo: AAP Here in the seat of Melbourne, Adam Bandt won his party’s first ever lower house seat (in [...]

Vote Climate

Posted on 30 July 2010 (Permalink)
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Many of us are doing what we can in our homes to cut carbon pollution and save water, and now the government must do its part. Bush fires, floods, sea-level rises and drought — climate change is already harming us all and will get rapidly worse, unless we take urgent action. Denial and delay are [...]

Gillard: moving Australia backwards on climate

Posted on 24 July 2010 (Permalink)

Yesterday Julia Gillard announced some of the Labor Party’s climate policies. Debate amongst the YCAN team has centred on whether these are the worst policies ever, or the second worst. The Labor Party cannot even pretend to care about climate change now. These policies will see Australia’s emissions continue to rise rapidly while the impacts [...]

Federal Election Called – help make climate the key issue?

Posted on 19 July 2010 (Permalink)
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The election has been called and the circus begins. Amongst the sea of spin and annoying catch phrases, it can be hard to find some substance – and sometimes, the best thing to do is to create it! We need you to help with the Vote Climate campaign.YCAN, together with several other local community groups [...]